100-year-old veteran ‘Pete’ Hardy celebrates milestone birthday

WWII veteran and Lumpkin resident Arthur Hugh “Pete” Hardy turns 100 on October 14. His unit received a Presidential Citation for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of the Bulge. He is pictured at home with his neighbor and close friend Lee Tidmore. (Far right: an Army photo shows Hardy in France shortly before returning home.)

World War II veteran Arthur “Pete” Hardy is commemorating a very special milestone on Tuesday, October 14: that’s when the Lumpkin County resident and Battle of the Bulge survivor will officially turn…

100-year-old veteran ‘Pete’ Hardy celebrates milestone birthday

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